NAME

mcron - manual page for mcron 1.2.3

SYNOPSIS

mcron [OPTIONS ...] [FILES ...]

DESCRIPTION

Run unattended jobs according to instructions in the FILES... (`-' for standard input), or use all the files in ~/.config/cron (or the deprecated ~/.cron) with .guile or .vixie extensions.

Note that --daemon and --schedule are mutually exclusive.

-d, --daemon

run as a daemon process

-s[N], --schedule[=N]

display the next N (or 8) jobs that will be run, and then exit

-i[N], --stdin[=N]

format of data passed as standard input or file arguments, 'guile' or 'vixie' (default guile)

-l, --log

write log messages to standard output

--log-format=N

(ice-9 format) format string for log messages

--date-format=N

(srfi srfi-19) date format for log messages

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

output version information and exit

-u, --usage

show brief usage summary

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options. Send bug reports to bug-mcron@gnu.org.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright ? 2003 - 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for mcron is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and mcron programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info mcron

should give you access to the complete manual.